The suspect in an alleged mass assassination plot admitted guilt on Thursday in the “stalking, shooting, and murdering” of a top Minnesota Democrat and her husband, along with an attack that wounded a second lawmaker and his wife.
Vance Luther Boelter’s change-of-plea in a Minneapolis federal courtroom came nearly a year after the fatal shootings of former Minnesota House speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, at their home.
During the early morning hours that same night, June 14, 2025, Boelter also targeted other public officials, including state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette Hoffman, who survived multiple gunshots.
Boelter pleaded guilty to all counts, which include two stalking charges, two murders through use of a firearm, and two federal firearm-shooting offenses, the Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a news release on June 11. Boelter had pleaded not guilty in August 2025….